Editing Genius The Transgression/Chapter Four:Special Rules and Systems (section)

=== Going Crazy and Getting Better Again: ===
A genius becomes an unmada by failing an unmada check. Several types of frantic Maniacal work can trigger an unmada check. (See [[Genius_The_Transgression/Chapter_Two:_Character_Creation#Unmada.2C_Brilliant_Madness:|#Unmada, Brilliant Madness]]) Some geniuses deliberately cultivate madness, repeatedly performing [[Genius_The_Transgression/Chapter_Two:_Character_Creation#Deep_Inspiration:|#Deep Inspiration]] without spending the Mania gained until they lose their minds.

Snapping out of being an unmada is not easy. If the genius is a Lemurian, she must leave her baramin behind, either becoming a rogue or joining the Peerage. This takes a full month for the subscription to run out. Next, she must focus on "stoppering" the flow of Mania. This requires one point of Willpower per day for a number of days equal to the genius' Inspiration. These points must be spent every day, in order, or the genius must start again. During this time, an unmada's resident manes will grow increasingly frantic, attempting to stop her from abandoning her psychological state.

Once the work is done, the genius must spend all her current Mania and make an Inspiration + Resolve check. (A genius can spend her Mania on "nothing" at her normal expenditure rate.)

''Dramatic Failure:'' The genius' maniacal resolve hardens. She must make an unmada Check, which threatens Illumination.

''Failure:'' The genius cannot escape her unmada status. She may start again by spending Willpower again.

''Success:'' The genius escapes her unmada status. Her unmada field diminishes as if her Inspiration were declining by one point per day until it is gone.

''Exceptional Success:'' The genius snaps back to full lucidity. Her unmada field disappears instantly and she regains a number of Mania equal to her per-turn expenditure.

''Suggested Modifiers:'' Every point of Mania still in the genius' system (-1), the genius has fended off her unmada manes (+1 to +3), the genius has risked Illumination in the past month (-2), the genius has left her unmada field (+1), the genius still belongs to a Lemurian zotheca (-2), the genius belongs to an unmada-free collaborative (+2)